India, Feb. 28 -- French stocks are down in negative territory Friday morning amid concerns about growth following U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff moves on European countries, and confirmation that additional levies on Canadian and goods imported into the American will become effective from early March.

Investors are also digesting a slew of French earnings reports and economic data.

The benchmark CAC 40, which dropped to 8,031.48 earlier, was down 28.27 points or 0.35% at 8,074.25 a few minutes ago.

Teleperformance is tanking more than 9%. The call centre group's stock is down following a lower than expected guidance for 2025.

Kering, Schneider Electric and STMicroElectronics are down 1.2 to 1.4%. Sanofi, AXA, Publicis Groupe, BNP...